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| 06-01-2017, 10:38 AM | #36871 |
 Originally posted by robtcorl  Back in my surveying days, before electronics, we measured with a 100 foot solid steel tape (still called it a chain) with a leather thong on each end. Fun times were when we got around an electric fence and could catch the guy on the other end of the chain unaware. | |
| 06-01-2017, 12:20 PM - 1 Like | #36872 |
| Originally posted by ccc_ I thought a chain was sixty six feet (a country road, fence to fence), yes? I've been retired for 14 years, but have no doubt I can still "do up" and "throw" a chain faster than these two young men, by myself, and blindfolded. No brag, just fact.  edit to add, we didn't use "chains" for the last about 20+ years before I retired. Last edited by robtcorl; 06-01-2017 at 12:26 PM. | |
| 06-01-2017, 01:06 PM - 1 Like | #36873 |
| Originally posted by Rupert Yep, and they worked well too. We used to sneak out to farmers stock ponds and "crank for fish". Once when we went swimming in one of the better ponds, I cranked Ricky....it was about 3 miles from home and he chased me all the way back.  Just got an E-mail from our youngest son. We are babysitting his doggie while he is off with his wife in Europe for six weeks vacation. His doggie is like me...you don't have to worry about her overexerting herself!  All that money we spent on college paid off well....for him! This is from some place in Italy....maybe Florence?Attachment 357937 Nappy time! Actually looks rather like some place I saw in Las Vegas. | |
| 06-01-2017, 01:14 PM - 1 Like | #36874 |
| Originally posted by ccc_ without a voltage tester always swat it with the back of your hand you're s marvel...a person who doesn't require that hands on confirmation of a concept my life would have been so much simpler if i'd been that guy ---------- Post added 06-01-17 at 09:44 AM ---------- without peeing on a fence i'd of never known what my fillings tasted like Why did you want to know what your fillings taste like? | |
| 06-01-2017, 01:40 PM - 1 Like | #36875 |
| Originally posted by Parallax It's too bad Rupert and I don't live closer. We could sit on the porch sipping Geritol on the rocks, comparing aches and pains. Well, save for the Geritol. Gimme a beer instead. 4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 1 day. But who's counting, eh? | |
| 06-01-2017, 02:00 PM | #36876 |
| Originally posted by robtcorl Yes, the term chain was a carryover, ours had no links. I've been retired for 14 years, but have no doubt I can still "do up" and "throw" a chain faster than these two young men, by myself, and blindfolded. No brag, just fact. edit to add, we didn't use "chains" for the last about 20+ years before I retired. Chain Throwing Tips & Techniques - YouTube looked it up...more than one "chain"...who'dathunkit just before I retired a contractor cut a couple cables that were still working on one of our frames my maintenance partner (from 15 years back) was in the building having coffee I asked him if he'd bring in his splice kit and help me put the cables back together in an hour we'd restored service but the cool part was a couple the kids watching us were just flabbergasted...how can you do that so fast and so easy? mark said, "we are just that good! of course doing it five or six days a week for years helps." some skills become such a part of you that they are you ---------- Post added 06-01-17 at 02:01 PM ---------- Originally posted by tim60 Why did you want to know what your fillings taste like? though perhaps the knowledge was just the byproduct of stupidity I have inadvertently irrigated fencers but what I was talking about is some flavors of phone lines ring to ground (as opposed to across the line) so if it was too dry there was no circuit and the phone wouldn't ring hence the addition of moisture a ground rod was five foot long with four feet in the soil during a drought, it was possible to dig those four feet and find no moisture Last edited by ccc_; 06-01-2017 at 02:28 PM. | |
| 06-01-2017, 02:16 PM - 2 Likes | #36877 |
| Originally posted by bertwert Guess it's time to update your profile... Originally posted by Parallax Done! Looks the same to me . . . . . .   | |
| 06-01-2017, 02:20 PM - 2 Likes | #36878 |
| Originally posted by Racer X 69 Gee, I dunno. Looks the same to me . . . . . . :devilish: er, I mean,  | |
| 06-01-2017, 02:29 PM - 2 Likes | #36879 |
| Originally posted by Parallax There are some constants in life. er, I mean, | |
| 06-01-2017, 03:45 PM - 1 Like | #36880 |
| Originally posted by robtcorl the term chain was a carryover Beats the hell out of bagpipe noise. | |
| 06-01-2017, 03:45 PM | #36881 |
| 06-01-2017, 03:54 PM - 1 Like | #36882 |
| Originally posted by MarkJerling So Jim: I trust the sale included a clause that says you get the latest carbon racer each year, for as long as you like, free of charge? If not - then opportunity missed!!! What that means is the brother in law will be over at Jim's house most days drinking all his beer. | |
| 06-01-2017, 04:38 PM - 1 Like | #36883 |
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